title: An historical review of the legal and personal background to Jackson v. Indiana.
abstract: The landmark case of Jackson v. Indiana is well known to forensic psychiatrists, but little is known of the personal and legal background of this case. Mr. Jackson's state hospital records were reviewed, as were available transcripts and decisions of the Indiana court proceedings, before and after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, and local newspaper coverage, to understand how this case developed.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, 1111 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. geoparke@iupui.edu
authors.forename: George F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D014481:United States